Arsenal ‘will go for it from the start’ in Greece, promises Wenger

Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil has said he is enjoying “the strongest season I have ever played”. “I believe in myself”, Ozil was quoted as saying by Daily Mirror on Saturday. I am on a good way, playing really well, everything is working really well and, as I already said, this season everything’s going really well.

Ozil, who moved to Arsenal in a £42.5m deal from Real Madrid in 2013, has also scored twice in 13 Premier League games for Arsene Wenger’s title contenders this term. We have been here a few times before.

Ozil’s achievements are perhaps even more incredible when one takes into account he’s rarely had a fully fit Arsenal team around him, applying pressure on him to bring the best out of those around him. He strengthened that notion by picking up yet another assist against Sunderland, assisting Joel Campbell to score the opener against the Black Cats. “Olympiacos can play good football – we saw that in the first match”.

The Frenchman continued: “It’s been a good day for us, because we have won the game and that makes helps us prepare for Olympiacos”. If they score a goal then we have to score three goals, but we know that we can score goals.

“It is in our hands – we know what we have to do”.

Arsenal travel to Greece to square off against the Athens outfit in the final group game of the Champions League on Wednesday and the Gunners need a two-goal victory in order to qualify for the knock out phase of the competition.

“I’ve been here (at Arsenal) with Bolton, Blackburn, West Ham and Newcastle and I’ve never been here and created as many chances with a team than we created today, that’s for sure”, he told reporters. Arsenal were winning 2-1, about to go second in the Barclays Premier League, but inside the Emirates Stadium, nerves were fraying.